Job Title: Back-End Engineer

Company Name: Payforge

Job Url: https://payforge.bamboohr.com/careers/65?jr_id=69b02ac5749500645095edcd

Job Description: We are looking for a Back-End Engineer to join a Payforge delivery team building a modern platform in the commerce and payments space for one of our clients The team will build and scale backend services powering customer-facing applications and merchant integrations, including an upcoming live merchant demo targeting WordPress WooCommerce integrations. You will contribute to backend services running on AWS EKS, work with a PostgreSQL and Elasticache data layer, collaborate with frontend engineers consuming your APIs, and help evolve an existing codebase currently built in Node.js and Golang. This role is well suited for engineers who enjoy building real systems in collaboration with product teams and clients, while maintaining high engineering standards and delivery ownership.



Key Responsibilities

Design, develop, test, and maintain backend services and APIs powering admin portals, user dashboards, and merchant-facing integrations.
Build and operate microservices deployed on AWS EKS, managing containerized workloads with Docker and Kubernetes.
Own data layer responsibilities including schema design, query optimization, and management of PostgreSQL (RDS) and Elasticache.
Develop and maintain client-facing SDKs enabling merchant integrations, starting with WordPress WooCommerce.
Collaborate with frontend engineers to define and deliver RESTful or GraphQL APIs aligned with product and UI requirements.
Contribute to architecture discussions as parts of the platform evolve from Node.js and C++ toward Golang-based services.
Implement observability, logging, and monitoring to ensure reliability and performance.
Participate in code reviews and engineering discussions, contributing to clean, maintainable, well-tested code.